New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said they have arrested a man posing as an ‘ED officer’ who extorted over Rs 80 lakh from a builder and other victims in Gurugram and sent them to five-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning.
Raviraj Kumar was arrested by Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Gurugram Zonal Office, under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, for his involvement in alleged extortion of money by cheating, fraud and projecting himself as senior officer of the ED.
He allegedly used multiple SIM cards to disguise his real identity and cheated multiple persons. “An analysis of his multiple bank accounts revealed that he had collected about Rs 80 lakh through such means,” he said.
Raviraj Kumar was presented in a Special PMLA Court on Wednesday from where he was sent to ED custody for five days, the official said.
The ED initiated investigation based on FIR registered by Sector-10, Police Station, Gurugram against Raviraj Kumar and other unknown persons under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.
The investigation revealed that Raviraj Kumar had extorted money from a Gurugram builder by threatening with dire consequences.